Detachable, ventilated adjustable hat lining



June 4, 1929. A. HAWKINS I DETACHABLE,VENTILATED ADJUSTABLE I IAT LINING Filed April 16, 1927 um" mluulmlds Agnes Hawk 1 m;

INVEN TOR.

TTORNEY 1 Patented June 4, 1929.

UNITED STATES AGNES HAWKINS, 0F DALLAS, TEXAS.

DETACI-IABLE, VENTILATED ADJUSTABLE I-IAT LINING.

Application filed April 16,

This invention relates to improvements in hats, but more particularly the object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hat lining for ladies, mens and childrens hats.

The new and improved hat lining is so constructed and arranged as to permit the wearers head ample ventilation and in addition the lining is capable. of being easily removed or attached to the hat or cap in a neat and practical manner without sewing or stitching in the usual way. Further, the invention includes means for adjusting a hat or cap to different sizes of heads, the adjusting means also capable of being attached or removed in a novel and expeditious way in the same manner that the lining is attached or detached to or from the hat or cap.

Having the above objects in View the invention will be clearly understood from a perusal of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and wherein:

Figure 1 represents an elevational view of a ladys hat stock or hat body the outer covering or trimming being removed and the View partly broken away showing the interior arrangement of the hat and lining.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the hat lining removed from the hat.

Figures 3 and 4 are side elevational views of two forms of pins or fasteners employed in securing the lining to the hat.

Figure 5 is an elevational side view of a pad used in making adjustments of the hat to proper head size, Figure 6 being a crosssectional View along the line 66 of Figure 5; and

Figure 7 is a partial vertical sectional view along the line 77 of Figure 1 and through one of the pins, illustrating the mode of attachment.

Proceeding in accordance with the drawings and wherein similar numerals designate the various parts of the invention, 1 denotes a hat body or hat stock, covering removed. The lining for the hat is shown at 2, made of cloth or any suitable material and fits or follows the inside formation of the hat. This lining is perforated at 3, the perforations being in rows and running in any preferred direction, a line of perforations being disposed around the lower edge of the lining as at 4, primarily for the purpose of enabling the pins 5 and 6 to be in- 1927. Serial No. 184,273.

serted through the perforations in attaching the lining to the hat. It will be observed that the pins 5 and 6 areof different forma tion, the pin shown in Figure 4 having the prongs 7 farther apart. In attaching the lining to a hat or cap the pin shown inFigure 3 is used, it being intended for ordinary hat lining material constructed according to the invention. The pin shown in Figure 4 is preferably for lining of finer or more delicate material. It will also be noted that both forms of pin have one prong longer than the other and that both prongs of both the forms of pin have the prongs nearer the point flattened. The points of the pins are of almost needlelike penetration. The purpose of constructing one prong of the pins longer than the other is for the purpose of enabling the pins to be more easily inserted through the perforations and to enable the longer prong to act as a feeler or guide means in securing the lining to the hat at the base of the hat.

In Figure 5 is illustrated a pad of material similar to the hat lining material and including a line of perforations 9, and a line of perforations through the center at 10. This pad has a filler of cotton 11 or the like and is employed to be placed in a hat at the back or front. This pad may be either between the hat and lining 0r occupy a position directly next the lining between the lining and the head of the wearer, its function being to reduce the size of the hat. This pad is secured in position in the same manner as the liningwith the pins 5 and 6.

In attaching the lining to a hat or cap the lining is placed in the hat so as to lie snugly all around the interior thereof. The perforations in the lower edges of the lining and the hat are made to register and the longer prong of a pin 5 is inserted through two registering holes of the hat and lining. This is clearly shown in Figure 7. The longer prong is inserted slightly in advance of the shorter prong on account of its longer length, the shorter prongbeing also inserted at practically the same time. After the prongs are passed through the hat and lining they are then bent inwardly so as to again pierce the hat and then bent so that the points will lie between the lining and the hat as shown in Figures 1 and 7 In this manner the points of the pins are hidden and covered and the lining is securely fastened. The lining, however ma be uite easil and uickl removed a 5 q 3 q 3 and the hat ornext the lining and the wearers head, since the pins are easily removed.

The lining is adaptable to 'mens hats and in such applications since inens hats are made ofthick and close material, several perforations may be made in the hat beneath the outside band and the lining attachedthe pins piercing the hat being covered by the band.

What is claimed is:

l. A ventilated lining fora hat, said hat having perforations adjacent to but spaced from the lower edge thereof, said lining having a line of perforations extending co1npletely around said lining adjacent to but spaced from the lower edge thereof, some of said last named perforations in said lining registering with said first named perfora- 'tions of said hat, said perforations providing ventilation and also means for attaching the lining to the hat, said lining being provided with additional perforations scattered throughout the surface thereof for providing ventilation through said lining, and a plurality of double-pointed pins cooperating with said registered perforations for detachably holding said lining to said hat.

2. In structure of the class described, the combination with a hat body, of a lining d e- 't2t(3l1itl)l positioned therein and provided with a plurality of perforations throughout the surface and along the lower edge thereof said hat body being provided with perforations adapted to register with certain of said lining perforations, and double-pointed pins for cooperating with said hat and lining perforations, said pins being inserted from the inside of the lining through said registering hat and lining perforations and projecting to the outside of the hat and then being bent to project back through said hat with the points lying between said lining and said hat and bent at an angle to lie in the plane of the hat.

In testimony whereof I affix my s1 gnature.

AGNES l-IAWKIN S. 

